The Black Cove Complex in Polk County has become the highest-priority fire in the United States, according to the North ...

The Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York are blanketed with six million acres of forestland surrounding rocky mountain ...

We can all agree that the national parks in the United States are breathtakingly beautiful and chock-full of opportunities to ...

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains where western North Carolina meets upstate South Carolina, Saluda might be the most delightful small town you’ve never heard of. With fewer than 1,000 full-time ...

Thompson’s Store anchors the downtown as the oldest grocery store in North Carolina. Step inside and the worn wooden floors creak pleasantly beneath your feet as you browse shelves stocked with local ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert Scheller, landscape ecology professor at North Carolina State University, about the increasing risk for wildfires in southeast and southern Appalachian regions.

Six months after flooding from Hurricane Helene swept through Southern Appalachia, some towns there are still struggling to rebuild.

This commentary originally appeared in The Athens Messenger. By Victoria LaPoe, Ph.D., Ohio University Professor, E. W.